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Robert Wenzel, writing

"Robert Wenzel, writing for Economic Policy Journal, believes the CIA is undermining Iran’s economy by counterfeiting the rial and flooding the country with the bogus notes to create hyperinflation. “The Fed may think money printing boosts an economy, but the CIA knows what it really does,” Wenzel writes.

Although there is scant evidence the CIA is counterfeiting the rial to undermine Iran, there is sufficient evidence the United States is waging financial war on the country.

“As a global-macro analyst, I am frequently asked if war with Iran will come and, if so, when,” writes Jim Rickards, a Wall Street economist and investment banker.

“My answer is that the war has already begun. It’s not a shooting war – yet. What the U.S. and Israel are now waging with Iran is what experts call unrestricted warfare. This is warfare that consists of sabotage, assassination, special operations, psychological operations, attacks on critical infrastructure, cyber warfare and – the most recent addition to the arsenal – financial warfare.”

I said this 10 days ago and will repeat it again!

Very soon dollar will hit 5000 then 10000 , 100000 and then one night you will wake up and it will hit 1 or 2 million toman!

Iran's economy has completely collapsed!!!

All prices have sky rocketed in Iran! People are getting hungry , they can't feed their family and kids!!! Except for people who work for sepah, no one else is getting paid!!!

Soon there will be demonstrations and riots all over ! And unlike the 2009 demonstrations which was suppressed by the regime , this time around people are coming out for their family and kids and nothing could stop them! IRI's end is near!!! 

  The Silent Suffering is

The Silent Suffering is about to end...listen to the crowd, listen to what they are saying, "Soorihey ra Rahakon"….gov. actions are futile to censor the news from outside by creating this so called Halal  Internet, blocking the real world news from reaching inside the country has never worked and will never work...people know exactly where their money is being spent, for Assad...

We Shall Never Forget...

Time is right to start terrorising the clergy

Time is right for them bastard Islamic figures known as akhoond, mulla, hojjatolislam, ayatollah etc now need to be terrorized and eliminated, 1 by 1; from the recent grad of the hozeye elmiyeh Qom to Ali Geda.

Just hope that removal of these bastards does not create a vacuum for the MEK to settle in.

Time will tell.  Hope the people of Iran THINK this time.

  TEHRAN, Iran —

TEHRAN, Iran — Police threatened merchants who closed their shops in Tehran’s main bazaar and launched crackdowns on sidewalk money changers on Wednesday as part of a push to halt the plunge of Iran’s currency, which has shed more than a third its value in less than a week.

The measures underscore the serious concern by officials facing one of the most potentially destabilizing scenarios, which has been partly blamed on the fallout from Western sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear program.

//www.washingtonpost.com/business/iran-closes-tehran-bazaar-as-currency-tumbles-and-authorities-tighten-controls/2012/10/03/8c50f14e-0d42-11e2-ba6c-07bd866eb71a_story.html?hpid=z4.

All Oppression Creates a State of War--Simone De Beauvoir

  The economic collapse

by Roozbeh_Gilani on Wed Oct 03, 2012 07:13 AM PDT

as in Iran, where the entire economy and country's livelihood is dpendednt on a single source of income, Oil, can be extremely fast and entirely up to the decision of the outside forces....

That is exactly what I have been arguing all these years on IC when telling IRI's apologists that a rentier state like Iran with a single source of income, cannot either  be "Independent" , "secure", or sovereign when they touted IRI's so called independence and military credentials as  major achievements of the mullahs.

All Oppression Creates a State of War--Simone De Beauvoir

Don't be Mislead by the UnFree Western Media or IRI on this.

The Regime is involved in these non-spontaneous protests organized to get people in the masses to mistakenly think the USA is opposed to the IRI regime and the traders protest is in response to western sanctions. The reality is these were sanctioned from within to let-go of steam as the regime enriches itself more and the people who's role it s to care for are hurt by it.  These demonstrations are not going anywhere and the USA still loves the IRI for Iran, how can it find a better group to meet its grotesque goals.

Soosan Khanoom: so long as Freedom and Justice matter for Iranians, our Intellectuals need to be asking for the King to step up more, not less.  On my responses to Ali Mostofi with a similar misunderstanding to your points, //iranian.com/main/blog/alimostofi/persian-ki...

I agree with Rozbeh here..

The oil and petrodollars are major part of this ... it was before revolution,it is now and it will be in the future regardless of the regime in power. To this add the quest for a dictator hero such as Shah,VF,or the Shahzadeh, which sadly has become part of the Iranian mentality, then you see that we are probably going to be stocked in this mess one way or another.. I just wished that once they are changing the khar paaloon there would be no blood sheds and we would not be witnessing the killing of the innocent people due to all these manipulations..     

Also I am not sure what to make out of this PARTICULAR non stop raise in dollar value but the timing somehow reminds me of the October Surprise in the U.S election season ..  

And now one may ask what about the nuclear weapon ?? Nuclear weapon my foot... just check this timeline studies on BiBi's warning?

//www.juancole.com/2012/03/netanyahu-1992-iran-will-have-the-bomb-by-1997.html 

 Rafsanjani to the

 Rafsanjani to the rescue: To restore the crisis of confidence? Can he do it?

ورود رفسنجانی به انتخابات ریاست جمهوری جدی است؟BBC Persian

روزنامه "آرمان روابط عمومی" تیتر یک امروز خود را به خبری اختصاص داده که حکایت دارد اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی به علی اکبر ناطق نوری گفته است "بدون واهمه در صحنه

یازدهمین دوره انتخابات ریاست جمهوری حضور خواهد یافت". ...............من با نیروهای انقلاب، بازاری ها و روحانیت در تماس هستم. این نیروها از برخوردهایی که با شما صورت می گیرد ابراز نگرانی می کنند. شما شفاف بیایید در صحنه و ما هم پشت شما هستیم".....................

All Oppression Creates a State of War--Simone De Beauvoir

و لولو در عوض

و لولو در عوض دلشان را خوش کرد به نابودی اسرائیل و فتح کربلا و نیروی هسته ای و آوردن نفت برسرسفره شان و هزار خر کردن دیگرشان. و خوب مگر نه این است که میگند هر که خرِِ بُزه را خورد پای لرز آنهم باید بنشیند؟  

Demoen- aziz: Finally, you are making sense.

All Oppression Creates a State of War--Simone De Beauvoir

Middle Class Panic

 Middle class is panicking and rightfully so.

The immediate cause of currency crisis is a high demand for dollars.

Iranian middle class is very afraid of its future. They are scrambling to save their wealth by turning it into dollar so they can either leave Iran as soon as possible when the opportunity arises or not end up in soup lines when the economy completely crashes once and for all.

The high demand for dollar has increased its value

 Other cuases:

1. A visibly corrupt and economically incompetent
ruling class.

2. Lack of natural checks on regime
misconduct (a free press, free speech and free, open and fair elections).

3. The chasm between visible reality and claims by
state media regarding the IRI’s abilities, popularity, honesty or achievements.

4. Three plus years of police state behavior.

5. Foreign policies tailored to make enemies and
create deep mistrust of the sort that makes the prospect of a nuclear-armed IRI
unthinkable.

6. Sanctions, isolation and pariah status resulting
from the above behavior.

7. Public mistrust of the regime, solidified irreversibly
by events since since 2009.

 //iranian.com/main/blog/fg/real-causes-rial-crisis

All Oppression Creates a State of War--Simone De Beauvoir

No easy way out of this one!

Those who said Obama's policy is to appease IRI can now take note!!! Even Ahmadi himself admits that IRI's economic collapse is being caused by the new wave of sanctions! 

It's highly unlikeley that they can dig their way out of this one. For it would require tons of cash (foreign currency that is, which they don't have) to inject into the market to bring it back to the way it was.

Ahmadi is taking the heat because with his sudden elimination of subsidies he exacerbated this downward spiral! 

سوریه رو رها کن!

سوریه رو رها کن
فکری بحال ما کن

سپاهی صفا کن
محمود رو از قفا کن

چکیده ای از واقعیت امور

پر از غلط و غلوط: "سرمایه دارانِ عمده‌ از جمله خیّامی ها را از ایران راند تا دل مردمِ حسرت کشیده چند روزی خنک شود......."
چکیده ای از واقعیت امور: چپاولگران عمده از جمله خیّامی ها از ایران فرار کرده تا غارتگریش مشخص نشده و به مجازات نرسند. و چون مردم به فساد عادت کرده و الکی دلشان را به انقلابیون! خوش کرده بودند چپاولگران جدیدی چون برادران عسگر اولادی و هاشمی رفسنجانی و غیره جای فراریان را گرفتند و دل خود را خنک و دماغ ملت را سوزاندند. و اینبار دیگر آن ممه را که مثلأ مردم بعد از انقلاب  بخواهند بدانند ثروت مملکت کجا رفت و میرود را لولوی معظم برد. و لولو در عوض دلشان را خوش کرد به نابودی اسرائیل و فتح کربلا و نیروی هسته ای و آوردن نفت برسرسفره شان و هزار خر کردن دیگرشان. و خوب مگر نه این است که میگند هر که خرِِ بُزه را خورد پای لرز آنهم باید بنشیند؟      

More protest clips

VOA:

Protest inside the Bazzar:

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryEBATsDCmM

"Let go of Syria":

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMkT_4QDtkM

hamsade ghadimi

Since you mentioned Israel in your comment, you may note that Israel did not participate in sanctions against the white racist apartheid regime of South Africa, nor did it participate in the limited sanctions against Ian Smith's apartheid regime in Rhodesia either. The US only entered reluctantly and had to be arm twisted by Democrats in the US Congress to force the Reagan administration to impose them - and that at the last minute.

Sanctions against Iran are not the same thing as sanctions against the apartheid South African regime. Nevertheless sanctions are an act of war. 

خر بیار بقالی بار کن

با منطق پی‌ کاک جان، کسانی‌ که آفریقای جنوبی رو به مناسبت آپارتاید تحریم کردند و یا از آن تحریم تشویق کردند جنایتکار جنگی به حساب می‌آن.  حالا بیاین مشکلات ارزی را تقصیر گرانفروشان، غرب و اسرائیل بندازیم.  انگار نه انگار که آخوندا چه می‌کنن و میگن.  این هم خبر امروز از رهبر "ملت ایران هیچوقت تقصیر فشارها نشده و نخواهد شد!" حالا خر بیار بقالی بار کن.

What I don't understand is

What I don't understand is howcome the IRI can keep the official exchange rate at $1300??

All Oppression Creates a State of War--Simone De Beauvoir

More videos

//www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2012/10/121003_l42_vid_iran_demo_bazaar.shtml

This is just the start.  The European Union will implement more sanctions in two weeks.   

Worth reposting fro trawtsdor:

 "

 جمهوری اسلامیْ نادان‌تر از مردمِ خودش گیر نیاورده است. سرمایه دارانِ عمده‌ از جمله خیّامی ها را از ایران راند تا دل مردمِ حسرت کشیده چند روزی خنک شود. هوار کشید «اقتصاد مالِ خر است». هر وقت که کفگیر به تهِ دیگ نزدیک شد آمریکا و انگلیس و اسرایئل؛ سگه و گربهه و شغاله را متهم کرد. امروز هم بار دیگر برای چندمین دفعه در طی این سی و سه سال، بند کرده به چند اسکناسْ فروش که برای تأمین نانِ شب کاغذْ دستْ به دست میکنند. قضیهٔ مار و عکسِ مار در این مُلْک پایان ندارد. کافی است چند نفرخردهْ پا را متهم به نوکری این و آن کنند، اقرار بگیرند، زندان بتراشند، و اعدام کنند تا درجه حرارت جِگَرها پایین بیاید. " این نهضت حسینی تماشا چی ندارد". "همه با هم" به جمهوری اسلامی سواری داده ایم.

Oppression Creates a State of War--Simone De Beauvoir

Ahmadi, the Fall Guy!

It looks like that they are going after Ahmadi first.

Baazaar and Rafsanjani are very tight and it wouldn't surprise anyone if some segment of Sepah comes to the forefront. We'll see.

+1 for trawetsdor comment….

Well said.

'Hambastegi' is the main key to victory 

Mehrdad

 Trawtesdor: That was

 Trawtesdor: That was brilliant. That is exactly what has been happening.

All Oppression Creates a State of War--Simone De Beauvoir

Most serious financial crisis in 30 years

Video report: 

//www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19816249

"that's what worries the religious government in Iran" according to the report. 

Sanctions are an an act of war

Those nations who participate in them are engaged in economic war crimes. Those cheering sanctions are cheering war-crimes and war-criminals.

akharin khabar

ظهور امام نقی تا پرداخت دوباره ارز مسافرتی به تعویق افتاد

This is what anti sanction folks on IC are afraid off

mass protests against the IRI as a result of tough economic conditions. 

that's what you get when a

that's what you get when a bunch of uneducated akhoonds and their cronies mange the country.  and they talk about managing the world, mahdi-style!  they did not show initiative to avoid disaster and stuck to their familiar strategy of belligerence and zerang bazi (unending talks in the name of diplomacy). 

now, the party's over, the fat lady has sung, and iranian people have just started their long and painful period of uncertainty which will bring much hardship to the poor, middle class, businessmen and the "rulers."  it'll be hard for a struggling policeman to beat down someone protesting the economic conditions.  it's even harder for iri to threaten dollar with violence if its value keep rising.

۵۴ میلیون موبایل در ایران

اعلیحضرت همْ وقتی اقتصادِ تک-محصولی جواب نداد «مبارزه با گران فروشی» راه انداخت و تقصیر ها را این بار به گردنِ بقالِ سرِ کوچه و پارچه فروشِ بازار انداخت. ده هزار کاسب را جریمه کرد اما به اغماض به ادامهٔ چپاولِ رایج توسط خانواده ننر ِ خود و همسرش نگاه کرد. جمهوری اسلامیْ نادان‌تر از مردمِ خودش گیر نیاورده است. سرمایه دارانِ عمده‌ از جمله خیّامی ها را از ایران راند تا دل مردمِ حسرت کشیده چند روزی خنک شود. هوار کشید «اقتصاد مالِ خر است». هر وقت که کفگیر به تهِ دیگ نزدیک شد آمریکا و انگلیس و اسرایئل؛ سگه و گربهه و شغاله را متهم کرد. امروز هم بار دیگر برای چندمین دفعه در طی این سی و سه سال، بند کرده به چند اسکناسْ فروش که برای تأمین نانِ شب کاغذْ دستْ به دست میکنند. قضیهٔ مار و عکسِ مار در این مُلْک پایان ندارد. کافی است چند نفرخردهْ پا را متهم به نوکری این و آن کنند، اقرار بگیرند، زندان بتراشند، و اعدام کنند تا درجه حرارت جِگَرها پایین بیاید. " این نهضت حسینی تماشا چی ندارد". "همه با هم" به جمهوری اسلامی سواری داده ایم.

A type of sanction that is designed ….

To create ways for the crooks and charlatans of both insiders and outsiders to get rich fast on the back breaking Iranians.  I hope every illicit profit earned as a result of these sanctions or its advocacy of it by the regime insiders or those outside the country get to be spent on Dava o Doktor in the worse possible way.

'Hambastegi' is the main key to victory 

Mehrdad